Steel Dynasty - Chapter 650

[Chapter 649: Meeting the Rich Family]

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“Your Majesty, Tong Hongchang and other Wei’s wealthy family have been waiting outside the palace for a long time. Do you want to announce their entry now?”

Qian Dafu’s voice suddenly sounded outside the door.

Xiao Ming came back to his senses and only then remembered the matter of meeting the wealthy people of Wei.

When Fiji came back from Jinling City, he took these wealthy families to Qingzhou, but he kept these wealthy families aside because of the enthronement ceremony.

Now that he was free, Fiji immediately arranged for these wealthy families to meet him. After all, the more Xiao Ming disappeared, the more uneasy these wealthy families became.

“Xuan and the others are waiting in the main hall.” Xiao Ming frowned.

According to the information provided by Wang Xuan, these wealthy families are the actual managers of various states and counties. If you want to collect taxes normally, you have to rely on them.

The tax collection in the Thirteen States was able to be collected so easily this time thanks to the cooperation of these wealthy families. In his opinion, he would have to rely on these people to collect taxes for a long time.

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Qian Dafu left, and Xiao Ming stretched. These days, the Emperor was not very tired, but just a little annoyed. After all, he ruled more and more states and counties, and there were all kinds of things.

After approving a few more papers in the study room, Xiao Ming headed to the main hall, letting these wealthy people wait either for nothing or to demonstrate their imperial power.

“Long live my emperor!”

Seeing Xiao Ming enter the main hall, the wealthy family headed by Tong Hongchang immediately stood up and bowed to Xiao Ming.

At this time, the wealthy families of Wei were lined up on both sides. Xiao Ming passed through the middle, his eyes swept over them one by one, and he sat on the main seat. He said, “Everyone, please excuse me and sit down.”

Only then did Tong Hongchang dare to raise his eyes. Looking at Xiao Ming, they found that according to what they knew, Xiao Ming was only twenty-three years old.

Before they came, they always thought Xiao Ming was a vicious person, but now they saw him and realized that he was a handsome man with a tough face.

“How dare we, with our humble bodies, sit in the same room with the emperor.” Tong Hongchang was still standing, not daring to sit down. At this time, their palms were sweating nervously.

The person in front of him controls the future rise and fall of their family.

With a faint smile on his lips, Xiao Ming said: “This must be the Tong family, the only wealthy family in Jinling City after the Zhang family.”

Tong Hongchang was named, and he was frightened and excited at the same time. He said: “Your Majesty, common people It’s Tong Hongchang, the head of the Tong family. It’s just that the Tong family and the Zhang family have always been incompatible with each other. I hope the emperor will understand. “

” Mr. Feige told me that everyone who comes to Qingzhou this time is a wealthy family who is willing to serve me. This tax collection also relies on your great help.

“This is what we should do. It is our honor to serve the emperor.” All the wealthy families said in unison.

Xiao Ming smiled when he heard this, and said: “I can rest assured, but you can also rest assured. As long as you are willing to serve me and abide by the laws in your respective states and counties, you can live a comfortable life. As for the rumors outside, My words about exterminating the wealthy clans are all slander, don’t take it too seriously.”

Tong Hongchang’s forehead was sweating slightly, Xiao Ming’s words seemed to be harmless and he was just trying to comfort them, but they were a hidden secret.

On the other hand, if they don’t serve the royal family and don’t abide by the law, they will be killed.

His calves were trembling slightly, and Tong Hongchang said: “We will remember the emperor’s teachings.”

Xiao Ming said what should be said, so he asked: “You have been living in Qingzhou during this period, what do you think?”

“Qingzhou Business The prosperity and prosperity of the people are rare in the world, and there are many novel things that opened our eyes. This trip to Qingzhou is worth it.”

A wealthy family said.

“Your Majesty, we are all willing to disband the tribe, but I don’t know if we can do business. After all, the family is prosperous, and if there is no work, we will starve to death.” A wealthy family took the opportunity to say.

Tong Hongchang believed this deeply. In order to save their lives, they disbanded the wealthy clan and handed over the occupied land. In their view, only doing business can continue the prosperity of the family.

This idea became more intense after they came to Qingzhou, because they found that Qingzhou merchants had a high status and would not suffer bullying from officials.

Many wealthy businessmen own extremely luxurious houses and purchase a large number of slaves to serve them. Their lives are better than those of other wealthy families. How can they not be tempted by this situation.

The foundation of Xiao Ming’s governance is to prosper the country through commerce. Only the prosperity of private capital can make the people rich. After all, this is a truth that has been tested for hundreds of years.

Therefore, Xiao Ming not only does not oppose the wealthy people doing business, but even encourages them to do business. Now it turns out that the people of Dayu still lack interest in doing business, and there are very few farmers who can voluntarily give up their land to enter factories and do business.

The poisonous mentality of small farmers cannot be changed in a day or two. The most important thing is that they have no funds. After all, not everyone has the courage to mortgage their land to banks for business.

There has even been a lot of criticism among the public against Xiao Ming’s policy. Some people criticized the government for merely annexing land through this matter.

This incident made Xiao Ming a little surprised, but it was reasonable when he thought about it. He had too high a view on the thoughts of the people of this era, and some things had to be taken care of before they could lead to complete changes.

As for the policies, he formulated them and publicized them, and the rest can only be left to the people themselves.

Moreover, in Xiao Ming’s opinion, not everyone is good at doing business. If a large number of people fail to do business blindly, the government will be blamed in the end.

Therefore, relatively speaking, wealthy families are more proactive in doing business, because almost all of them have participated in doing business, and they have strong capital. Even if they fail, they will just look for other business opportunities.

At the same time, Xiao Ming gradually understood by reading the information in the science and technology library that when the feudal system collapsed and moved toward capitalism, the aristocracy was the first to benefit. In other words, social changes were basically carried out in a top-down manner.

The same situation is happening in Qingzhou now. No matter what, the people cannot compete with the traditional big businessmen. The big businessmen eat meat, and the people can only drink some soup.

And after powerful people like Princess Taiping moved into commerce and trade, they had more advantages than big businessmen.

For Xiao Ming, the business waters in Qingzhou have become muddy. He doesn’t mind if the wealthy family comes in to share part of the profits, because sharing with more people can prevent one family from becoming dominant.

Otherwise, it won’t be long before there will be super businessmen in Qingzhou, which he is not happy to see, so he said: “Of course it is possible, I always encourage business and trade.”

Tong Hongchang and others were overjoyed when they heard this, and Qingzhou’s business was booming. They have been making moves these past few days, and now they can finally boldly do business with Qingzhou merchants.

Tong Hongchang led a group of wealthy people and bowed at the same time and said: “Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness.”

(End of this chapter)